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Question from Harry, a student: Hey Math Central, I came across your website and im in need of help on my maths c assignment. I have to convert base 3 to 5 without converting back to ten. I heard that you can use patterns in 3 and 5 to make an equation but im not sure how to and i also heard you can use logarithms but i dont know how to use those so im kinda stumped. |
Harry,
The simplest way to do it is this. First make a small table of powers of 5 in base 3.
1 = 1 (base 3)
5 = 12 (base 3)
25 = 221 (base 3)
125 = 11122 (base 3)
Now using division or repeated subtraction do the conversion.
EG: 1000 (base 3 [=27 base ten]) is between 221 and 1112.
Subtract 221 once,
remainder is 2: five-squareds digit is 1
This is not between 12 and 221:
fives digit is 0
It is between 1 and 12;
subtract twice, units digit is 2
1000 (base 3) = 102 (base 5)
Good Hunting!
RD
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